US Officials Confirm Russian Strike On Patriot System In Ukraine
According to CNN, US officials have confirmed the Russian strike on the Patriot system in Ukraine, but they downplayed the degree of devastation caused by the strike. On Tuesday Russia’s military announced it destroyed US-supplied Patriot anti-air battery in Ukraine during a hypersonic missile strike on Kiev. Widely circulating video appeared to confirm the destruction of a Patriot […]
Russia Says It Took Out US-Supplied Patriot Missile In Hypersonic Strike On Kiev
The Russian side is celebrating a big victory, claiming that they successfully took out a US-supplied Patriot missile in a hypersonic strike on Kiev. Russia’s military may have taken out a US-supplied Patriot anti-air battery in Ukraine, which if true would be a very significant first since the advanced Raytheon-made defense weapon was deployed there. This […]
China Begins To Erode US Dollar Dominance In Global Trade Agreements
China has also increasingly promoted the global usage of the yuan and expanded foreign investors’ access to its commodity exchanges in order to erode the dominance of the US dollar in global trade agreements. The US dollar is nowhere close to being dethroned as the dominant reserve currency and standard for global trade. But a […]
NYC Bans Weight Discrimination
The New York City Council passed a bill that would make it illegal to discriminate against height and weight in housing, employment, and public accommodations. Victoria Abraham graduated from New York University last year, ready to enter the job market. She is a self-proclaimed “fat activist” who has found her voice as a content creator […]
Why The Economic War Against Russia Has Failed
The economic war against Russia has partially failed due to Europe having itself paid a high price to effect a partial boycott of Russian oil and gas. There was much mirth in the West this week when Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day parade through Red Square included just one tank, itself a relic from a museum. […]
Pasta Inflation Crisis In Rome
Adolfo Urso, the minister for enterprise in Italy, presided over a meeting in Rome where a commission consisting of lawmakers, pasta producers, and consumer rights groups gathered to address the pasta inflation crisis in the city. Italy’s government convened crisis talks Thursday to investigate the reasons behind a surge in prices for pasta, one of the country’s […]
The Dark Side Of Bing’s New AI Chatbot
The chatbot’s ability to learn from user interactions and access personal information could lead to privacy violations, manipulation, and other forms of harm, revealing the dark side of Bing’s new AI chatbot. After asking Microsoft’s AI-powered Bing chatbot for help in coming up with activities for my kids while juggling work, the tool started by […]
Tiktok Launches New Social Media Site
TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, has launched a new social media site called Lemon8, amid federal and state efforts to ban or restrict TikTok in the country over national security concerns. In the days after TikTok’s CEO was grilled by Congress for the first time, many TikTok users began posting about an alternative platform called Lemon8, sometimes […]
Is It A Good Thing For Ordinary Americans If The US Loses Reserve Currency Status?
Holders of dollars will see their purchasing power plummet, which is not a good thing for ordinary Americans if the US loses reserve currency status, and the fault will lie with the decades of monetary and fiscal mismanagement made possible by the dollar’s status as a global reserve currency. Earlier this month, Larry Kudlow insisted that it […]
Scientists Observe Star Swallowing A Planet For The First Time
According to the study published in Nature, scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, and the California Institute of Technology observed a star swallowing a planet for the first time. For the first time, scientists have observed the moment a dying star consumed the planet. The devourer star was the size of […]